LE

Ever see a meteor enter the atmosphere? My guess is a couple clipped the stratosphere at a glancing angle and broke up.

"The degenerative and loony should never be denigrated but, rather, thanked. In their absence, the rest of you would be obliged to fill congressional seats... positions naturally unsavory to the sane and honorable."

LE

LOL! Naw... just a firm believer that if there is intelligent life out there, they would have our planet on their "Off limits" list.

"The degenerative and loony should never be denigrated but, rather, thanked. In their absence, the rest of you would be obliged to fill congressional seats... positions naturally unsavory to the sane and honorable."

War Hero

LE

Well, there was no man-made junk predicted to re-enter over this part of the world, so I'd go for what Khyros says - a natural bolide, or a bright noctilucent or lenticular cloud.....
Edit - does anyone know the exact date this happened on?

War Hero

Well, there was no man-made junk predicted to re-enter over this part of the world, so I'd go for what Khyros says - a natural bolide, or a bright noctilucent or lenticular cloud.....
Edit - does anyone know the exact date this happened on?

[Spotter mode] I'm fairly sure that Lenticular clouds are pretty much exclusive to mountain waves, and therefore tend to be associated with mountain ranges. I don't recall seeing many mountain ranges near the channel islands... [/Spotter mode]

Edit - A safety brief in the July issue of Pilot states:

The Trislander crew observed a stationary bright light ahead near Alderney, thought to be a ground reflection. However, the crew viewed the light through binoculars and observed a shape, similar to a B737. The crew contacted ATC, who originally stated that there wasn't anything showing on radar. However, they then observed a primary contact. The crew and some passengers observed the bright lights again later in the flight. The shape was said to be bright yellow with a dark area near to one end.

LE

Well, there was no man-made junk predicted to re-enter over this part of the world, so I'd go for what Khyros says - a natural bolide, or a bright noctilucent or lenticular cloud.....
Edit - does anyone know the exact date this happened on?

[Spotter mode]I'm fairly sure that Lenticular clouds are pretty much exclusive to mountain waves, and therefore tend to be associated with mountain ranges. I don't recall seeing many mountain ranges near the channel islands...[/Spotter mode]

Edit - A safety brief in the July issue of Pilot states:

The Trislander crew observed a stationary bright light ahead near Alderney, thought to be a ground reflection. However, the crew viewed the light through binoculars and observed a shape, similar to a B737. The crew contacted ATC, who originally stated that there wasn't anything showing on radar. However, they then observed a primary contact. The crew and some passengers observed the bright lights again later in the flight. The shape was said to be bright yellow with a dark area near to one end.

Lenticulars can be generated by other clouds or by weather fronts, which may or not be visible themselves because they may be miles away. On a good day, you can see lenticulars on the satellite photographs of the North Sea, for example, even though the mountains generating the conditions are hundreds of miles away.

I blame Randall's Darbs - and then people like you! Not for the cost of the flights either. Have the French been doing their thing again?! Either that, or a black arts campaign to take the heat of Fallagate!

Old-Salt

Good for the Channel Islands they need all the tourists they can get, some extra DNA wouldn't go amiss either. In fact we could do with some more aliens to the supplement those nice Polish folks we have down here in Wessex.

“The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.”
― General William C Westmoreland
However, military commanders reserve the right to screw things up.

I blame Randall's Darbs - and then people like you! Not for the cost of the flights either. Have the French been doing their thing again?! Either that, or a black arts campaign to take the heat of Fallagate!